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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:56 AM Original message |
Saddam's execution blamed in boy's death |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:11 AM Original message |
Sorry, double post. Mechanical mistake. n/t |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. You might note this is the SECOND child to have been killed by hanging. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. At least the 3rd: Pak child imitating Saddam's hanging dies (1 Jan) |
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Say_What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
74. American boy, a teenage girl in India and a boy in Pakistan... |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. The chimpanzee celebrates the hanging |
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Say_What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Vote Early, Vote Often... |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. "Our gut reaction is that he was experimenting" |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. You think the ghouls at CNN will see the connection... |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. One might as well blame Ozzy Osbourne for his music.... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. The parents should blame * for their loss. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sad...but Dumb!! |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Elementary school kids don't have adult minds. And this sort of tragedy .. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. 10 or otherwise...this is a darwin award candidate |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I'd give the nomination to his parents |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. Texas Boy Dies Mimicking Saddam's Hanging -- CBSnews |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. bummer. that's just tragically sad |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. That poor family. I knew a boy who accidentally hanged himself when he was only slightly |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Isn't this a second incident? I seem to remember reading about a boy |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. My niece hung herself from her bunk a few years back. She was 11. |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. So sorry to hear of your loss. Certainly tragic when it happens, and of |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Condolences on your loss. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Third. |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Thanks, I didn't hear about the girl in India. Were they pretty sure |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. the first incident was a 10 yr old boy in pakistan EOM |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Every self-hanging for the next few months |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Aye, Lots of Denial Going Around |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. i don't see any benefit to saying anything else |
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Bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Gotta Love that death penalty |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. It's like aftershocks |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. How terrible |
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GregW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Gee.. now let me guess... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Darwin award! |
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RaRa (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Nah, he was only 10. It's sad either way. n/t |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. Only adults can qualify for Darwin Awards |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Maybe he was playing that "choking game" |
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phrenzy (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. 'The Choking Game' |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Have you never heard how Michael Hutchence from INXS died? |
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phrenzy (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. That's AEA. (asphyxiophilia) |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. the article linked is a little weird |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Kids are doing it now not just in the sexual context |
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phrenzy (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Yes, they are different. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. more info on the Choking Game |
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phrenzy (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. How would I handle My Kid playing the 'choking game' |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Solution to Choking Game problem. Scare the living crap out of him. |
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phrenzy (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. That may be the right way to go.. But it is dangerous... |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. This is serious and really bad |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. sorry.... n/t |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. I won't say 'good', only because this is a child who was probably raised to hate by his parents. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I din't dee anything in the article that indicated |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. What the fuck? You DO recognize the truckload of hypocrisy you jammed |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Same thing happened in Pakistan |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. a child of ten -- so sad -- so very, very sad. |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
45. Parents ultimately bear some of the blame for this. Why let 10 yr. old watch a hanging??? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Parents had no say whether kids watching this hanging |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
46. Kids have a way of thinking that many adults fail to understand. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Kids have a way of thinking... |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Even ten year olds misinterpret what adults say sometimes. |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
50. Ok...this is the second incident. People better wake up! |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
52. So what idiot let this child have access to the hanging images? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
56. Kick! |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
57. Kicking again. |
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progdonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
58. CBS: Texas Boy Dies Mimicking Saddam's Hanging |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. OK, not for nothing |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. No...and why did the parents let him watch something so |
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progdonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. to be fair to the parents, though... |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #66 |
77. yes you have a point.. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Stupid, no, |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Weird. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Meanwhile, NYC has produced 3 real heroes of color |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Will every accidental hanging now be ascribed to watching Saddam? |
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KEVINSDESK (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. 15-year-old Indian girl did the same thing |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Very compassionate post. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
67. Yet another Darwin Award |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Isn't this like the 3rd one? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
70. Such inspiration springs forth from Bush's imperial reign. nt |
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countmyvote4real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
71. I'm for a 30 second time limit on the exposed nipple. |
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Say_What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
72. And there's a few more lynchings coming up. Please don't tell me they'll be all over TV like Saddam |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
73. 1950s child died playing Superman |
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